JEDI 1 The company collects data to guide its JEDI initiatives
JEDI 1.1 The company collects data to guide its JEDI actions.
Ensure that the company collects data and feedback related to diversity and inclusion in order to choose its JEDI actions (JEDI2).
If the company has more than 10 and fewer than 50 employees (based on headcount), it has facilitated at least one discussion or survey on JEDI principles in the workplace:
- During the twelve months preceding year 0,
- Each subsequent year.
- It lasts at least one hour.
- The company keeps a record of it.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
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If the company chooses to hold a discussion:
a) It shall last at least one hour.
b) The company shall keep a record of the discussion.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
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If the company has at least 50 employees (based on headcount), it shall:
a) Collect data on gender identity or sex assigned at birth for at least five employee surveys.
b) Break down this data in order to report internally on the selected surveys.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
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The company's employees provide their data voluntarily and may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
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Medium
Large
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JEDI 1.2 The company collects data on an additional social identity as part of employee surveys.
Better understand how impacts and opportunities differ for different groups of people within the company. The company can use this information to determine which JEDI initiatives to undertake.
The company collects data on an additional social identity (other than gender identity) in at least five
assessments of its employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Medium
Large
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XX Large
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Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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The company relies on feedback from stakeholders to choose which additional social identity will be taken into account.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
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Large
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Company with minor impact
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Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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Investment advisory firm
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Large
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XX Large
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N/A
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Employees voluntarily disclose their social identity and may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
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Medium
Large
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XX Large
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Company with minor impact
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Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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The company breaks down the data to report internally on the results of the surveys it chooses to conduct concerning its employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Medium
Large
X Large
XX Large
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Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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JEDI 2 The company selects and implements JEDI actions
JEDI 2.1 The company selects and implements a JEDI action.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company selects and implements at least one option from one of the following two sets. a) Basic foundation (JEDI 2.a > e) b) Beyond the workplace (JEDI 2 m > s)
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
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Company with minor impact
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Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to adhering to JEDI principles. [Core requirement]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the management team or the highest governing body
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the management team or the highest governing body.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.b - The company strengthens JEDI knowledge and capabilities within management teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company organises training or workshops on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop represents at least one full day per participant over a one-year period.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capabilities in at least two of the following groups.
a) The highest level of management
b) The management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI data1
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Internal knowledge or capacity building, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship with JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.d - The company's senior management and leadership team reflect the diversity of its community. [Core requirement]
2.d.1 The company selects three social identities based on stakeholder feedback and the demographics of its community.
2.d.2 The company's senior leadership and management team reflect the diversity of its community through its three selected social identities.
2.d.3 The company calculates ratios at any point during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
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Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
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Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.e - The company conducts an equity audit. [Core]
2.e.1 The company engages a third-party organisation with relevant expertise to conduct an equity audit.
2.e.2 The audit results in a report containing a written summary of the audit methodology.
2.e.3 The equity audit includes feedback from the relevant social identity groups.
2.e.4 The scope of the equity audit includes, at a minimum, the following elements of the company:
a) Employees
b) Internal and external communication
c) Products and services.
2.e.5 The company publishes a summary of the audit results.
2.e.6 Individuals participating in the audit may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from persons with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
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N/A
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and services providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and tracks diversity among the owners of companies that provide goods and services to it at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from under-represented groups.
c) It sets itself the target of making a given percentage of its purchases from local businesses owned by people from
under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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Not eligible
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JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements a guide to inclusive communication and ethical content for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence to generate creative content, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
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Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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N/A
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JEDI 2.q - The company assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The company relies on stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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JEDI 2.r - The company redesigns a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to redesign one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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Not eligible
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JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action to promote JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company clearly contributes to the achievement of the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Company without employees
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
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N/A
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JEDI 2.2 The company selects and implements a JEDI action.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company selects and implements:
a) Two JEDI actions before year 0
b) Three JEDI actions for each of years 3 and 5.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
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The company selects and implements at least one option from each of the following sets during Years 0, 3 and 5.
a) Core (JEDI2.a-e)
b) In the workplace (JEDI2.f-l)
c) Beyond the workplace (JEDI2.m-s).
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
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N/A
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to the JEDI principles. [Core]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the management team or the highest governing body
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the management team or the highest governing body.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.b - The company strengthens knowledge and capabilities in JEDI within management teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company organises training or workshops on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop represents at least one full day per participant over a period of one year.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capacity in at least two of the following groups.
a) Senior management
b) Management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI1 data
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Strengthening internal knowledge or capabilities, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship with JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
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N/A
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JEDI 2.b - L'entreprise renforce les connaissances et les capacités en matière de JEDI au sein des équipes de direction. [Essentiel]
2.b.1 L'entreprise organise des formations ou des ateliers sur des thèmes liés aux principes JEDI. La formation ou l'atelier représente au moins une journée complète par participant sur une période d'un an.
2.b.2 L'entreprise renforce les connaissances ou les capacités en matière de JEDI dans au moins deux des groupes suivants.
a) Direction générale
b) Équipe de direction
c) Ressources humaines
d) Formation et développement professionnel
e) Cadres.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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Not eligible
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JEDI 2.c - L'entreprise examine et met à jour ses politiques existantes sur la base des principes JEDI. [Essentiel]
2.c.1 L'entreprise examine au moins cinq politiques qui ont un impact sur les personnes à travers :
a) Les données JEDI1
b) Les commentaires des parties prenantes
c) La déclaration d'engagement JEDI de l'entreprise, le cas échéant (JEDI2.a)
d) Le renforcement des connaissances ou des capacités internes, le cas échéant (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 L'examen porte sur :
a) La terminologie utilisée dans les politiques
b) L'impact de ces politiques sur les personnes
c) La relation avec les principes JEDI.
2.c.3 À la suite de cet examen, l'entreprise met à jour les politiques si nécessaire.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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JEDI 2.f - The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. [In the workplace]
2.f.1 The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. Each group is associated with a different social identity.
2.f.2 The company chooses social identities based on feedback from employees.
2.f.3 Participation in groups is optional for employees.
2.f.4 The company supports the groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.g - The company implements inclusive hiring practices. [In the workplace]
2.g.1 The company implements all of the following inclusive recruitment practices.
a) It includes a JEDI commitment statement in all of its job postings aligned with the JEDI2.a statement, if completed.
b) It has a policy of not requesting credit checks or criminal record checks during recruitment, unless required by law or
if required by a professional association or industry regulatory body.
c) It takes steps to reduce bias or mitigate the impact of bias in recruitment.
d) It reviews the language and requirements of its job descriptions to ensure they are inclusive and equitable.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.h - The company offers sponsorship and mentoring opportunities to its employees. [In the workplace]
2.h.1 The company offers sponsorship or mentoring opportunities to all its employees.
2.h.2 The company formalises the sponsorship or mentoring programme by setting it out in a written procedure or policy.
2.h.3 Sponsorships or mentorships:
a) Are free of charge for participants
b) Last for a minimum of six months.
2.h.4 The company allows participants to take part in the initiative during their working hours.
2.h.5 The company monitors the participation rate of two under-represented groups.
2.h.6 The company achieves a representative level of participation for at least two under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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Not eligible
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JEDI 2.i - The company designs and implements an inclusive language guide for internal communication. [In the workplace]
2.i.1 The company designs an inclusive language guide for internal communication.
2.i.2 The guide lists the terms that should and should not be used.
2.i.3 There is a guide for each language used for internal communication.
2.i.4 The company shares the guide with all employees who produce internal communications.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
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JEDI 2.j - The company increases the proportion of employees from underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community. [In the workplace]
2.j.1 The company increases the proportion of employees from at least two underrepresented groups in order to reflect
the diversity of its community.
2.j.2 The company calculates the ratios at any time during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
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JEDI 2.k - The company offers other types of paid leave in addition to those required by law. [In the workplace]
2.k.1 The company offers its employees at least three of the following types of paid leave:
a) Unlimited short-term sick leave
b) Gender affirmation leave
c) Personal leave
d) Religious or cultural leave chosen by individual employees
e) Parental leave (at least 18 weeks)
f) Adoption leave.
2.k.2 All types of leave are fully paid.
2.k.3 All employees are entitled to the various types of additional leave.
2.k.4 The company uses employee feedback to determine the number of days allocated to each type of leave.
2.k.5 The company sets out the different types of leave it offers in a written policy or other official document that is:
a) Shared with all employees
b) Available for consultation at any time.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.l - The company's internal communication tools comply with accessibility standards. [In the workplace]
2.l.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its digital internal communication tools.
2.l.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the tools meet the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and services providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and tracks diversity among the owners of companies that provide goods and services to it at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from under-represented groups.
c) It sets itself the target of making a given percentage of its purchases from local businesses owned by people from
under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements a guide to inclusive communication and ethical content for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence to generate creative content, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
JEDI 2.q - The company assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The company relies on stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
JEDI 2.r - The company revises the design of a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to revise the design of one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action to promote JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company clearly contributes to the achievement of the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Micro with workers
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.3 The company uses data and stakeholder feedback to choose its JEDI actions, records them in an action plan, and implements them.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company chooses and implements:
a) Two JEDI actions before year 0
b) Four JEDI actions for each of years 3 and 5.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company chooses at least one option from each of the following sets during Years 0, 3 and 5.
a) Core (JEDI2.a-e)
b) In the workplace (JEDI2.f-l)
c) Beyond the workplace (JEDI2.m-s).
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to adhering to JEDI principles. [Basic requirement]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the management team or the highest governing body
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the management team or the highest governing body.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.b - The company builds JEDI knowledge and capacity within management teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company organises training or a workshop on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop is at least one full day per participant over a one-year period.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capabilities in at least two of the following groups.
a) The highest level of management
b) The management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI data1
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Internal knowledge or capacity building, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship with JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.d - The company's senior management and leadership team reflect the diversity of its community. [Core requirement]
2.d.1 The company selects three social identities based on stakeholder feedback and the demographics of its community.
2.d.2 The company's senior leadership and management team reflect the diversity of its community through its three chosen social identities.
2.d.3 The company calculates ratios at any point during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.e - The company conducts an equity audit. [Core]
2.e.1 The company engages a third-party organisation with relevant expertise to conduct an equity audit.
2.e.2 The audit results in a report containing a written summary of the audit methodology.
2.e.3 The equity audit includes feedback from the relevant social identity groups.
2.e.4 The scope of the equity audit includes, at a minimum, the following elements of the company:
a) Employees
b) Internal and external communication
c) Products and services.
2.e.5 The company publishes a summary of the audit results.
2.e.6 Individuals participating in the audit may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.f - The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. [In the workplace]
2.f.1 The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. Each group is associated with a different social identity.
2.f.2 The company chooses social identities based on feedback from employees.
2.f.3 Participation in groups is optional for employees.
2.f.4 The company supports the groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.g - The company implements inclusive hiring practices. [In the workplace]
2.g.1 The company implements all of the following inclusive recruitment practices.
a) It includes a JEDI commitment statement in all of its job postings aligned with the JEDI statement 2.a if completed.
b) It has a policy of not requesting credit checks or criminal record checks during recruitment, unless required by law or
if required by a professional association or industry regulatory body.
c) It takes steps to reduce bias or mitigate the impact of bias in recruitment.
d) It reviews the language and requirements of its job descriptions to ensure they are inclusive and equitable.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.h - The company offers sponsorship and mentoring opportunities to its employees. [In the workplace]
2.h.1 The company offers sponsorship or mentoring opportunities to all its employees.
2.h.2 The company formalises the sponsorship or mentoring programme by setting it out in a written procedure or policy.
2.h.3 Sponsorships or mentorships:
a) Are free of charge for participants
b) Last for a minimum of six months.
2.h.4 The company allows participants to take part in the initiative during their working hours.
2.h.5 The company monitors the participation rate of two under-represented groups.
2.h.6 The company achieves a representative level of participation for at least two under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.i - The company designs and implements a guide to inclusive language for internal communication. [In the workplace]
2.i.1 The company designs a guide to inclusive language for internal communication.
2.i.2 The guide lists the terms that should be used and those that should not be used.
2.i.3 There is a guide for each language used for internal communication.
2.i.4 The company shares the guide with all employees who produce internal communications.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.j - The company increases the proportion of employees from underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community. [In the workplace]
2.j.1 The company increases the proportion of employees from at least two underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community.
2.j.2 The company calculates the ratios at any time during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.k - The company offers other types of paid leave in addition to those required by law. [In the workplace]
2.k.1 The company offers its employees at least three of the following types of paid leave:
a) Unlimited short-term sick leave
b) Gender affirmation leave
c) Personal leave
d) Religious or cultural leave chosen by individual employees
e) Parental leave (at least 18 weeks)
f) Adoption leave.
2.k.2 All types of leave are fully paid.
2.k.3 All employees are entitled to the various types of additional leave.
2.k.4 The company uses employee feedback to determine the number of days allocated to each type of leave.
2.k.5 The company records the different types of leave it offers in a written policy or other official document that is:
a) Shared with all employees
b) Available for consultation at any time.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.l - The company's internal communication tools comply with accessibility standards. [In the workplace]
2.l.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its digital internal communication tools.
2.l.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the tools meet the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
Awareness workshop Social footprint calculation Culture Playbook Formalisation
JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and service providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and monitors the diversity of the owners of companies that supply it with goods and services at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from under-represented groups.
c) It sets itself the target of making a given percentage of its purchases from local businesses owned by people from
under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements an inclusive communication and ethical content guide for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence to generate creative content, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.q - The organisation assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The organisation uses stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
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JEDI 2.r - The company revises the design of a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to revise the design of one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action aimed at promoting JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company makes a clear contribution to the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company takes into account stakeholder feedback and data (from JEDI1) when choosing its actions.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company documents its actions and progress in an action plan.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan has been updated and shared with relevant stakeholders within the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company's action plan:
a) Contains deadlines
b) Allocates resources
c) Assigns responsibilities to specific roles.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan and progress made can be viewed at any time by company employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Small
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.4 The company uses data and stakeholder feedback to choose its JEDI actions, records them in an action plan, and implements them.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company selects and implements:
a) Two JEDI actions before Year 0
b) Five JEDI actions for each of Years 3 and 5.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company chooses at least one option from each of the following sets in years 0, 3 and 5.
a) Basic foundation (JEDI2.a-e)
b) In the workplace (JEDI2.f-l)
c) Beyond the workplace (JEDI2.m-s).
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to adhering to JEDI principles. [Basic requirement]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the management team or the highest governing body
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the management team or the highest governing body.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.b - The company strengthens JEDI knowledge and capabilities within management teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company organises training or workshops on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop represents at least one full day per participant over a one-year period.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capabilities in at least two of the following groups.
a) The highest level of management
b) The management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI data1
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Internal knowledge or capacity building, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship to JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.d - The company's senior management and leadership team reflect the diversity of its community. [Core requirement]
2.d.1 The company selects three social identities based on stakeholder feedback and the demographics of its community.
2.d.2 The company's senior leadership and management team reflect the diversity of its community through its three chosen social identities.
2.d.3 The company calculates ratios at any point during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.e - The company conducts an equity audit. [Core]
2.e.1 The company engages a third-party organisation with relevant expertise to conduct an equity audit.
2.e.2 The audit results in a report containing a written summary of the audit methodology.
2.e.3 The equity audit includes feedback from the relevant social identity groups.
2.e.4 The scope of the equity audit includes, at a minimum, the following elements of the company:
a) Employees
b) Internal and external communication
c) Products and services.
2.e.5 The company publishes a summary of the audit results.
2.e.6 Individuals participating in the audit may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.f - The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. [In the workplace]
2.f.1 The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. Each group is associated with a different social identity.
2.f.2 The company chooses social identities based on feedback from employees.
2.f.3 Participation in groups is optional for employees.
2.f.4 The company supports the groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.g - The company implements inclusive hiring practices. [In the workplace]
2.g.1 The company implements all of the following inclusive recruitment practices.
a) It includes a JEDI commitment statement in all of its job postings aligned with the JEDI statement 2.a if completed.
b) It has a policy of not requesting credit checks or criminal record checks during recruitment, unless required by law or
if required by a professional association or industry regulatory body.
c) It takes steps to reduce bias or mitigate the impact of bias in recruitment.
d) It reviews the language and requirements of its job descriptions to ensure they are inclusive and equitable.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.h - The company offers sponsorship and mentoring opportunities to its employees. [In the workplace]
2.h.1 The company offers sponsorship or mentoring opportunities to all its employees.
2.h.2 The company formalises the sponsorship or mentoring programme by setting it out in a written procedure or policy.
2.h.3 Sponsorships or mentorships:
a) Are free of charge for participants
b) Last for a minimum of six months.
2.h.4 The company allows participants to take part in the initiative during their working hours.
2.h.5 The company monitors the participation rate of two under-represented groups.
2.h.6 The company achieves a representative level of participation for at least two under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.i - The company designs and implements an inclusive language guide for internal communication. [In the workplace]
2.i.1 The company designs an inclusive language guide for internal communication.
2.i.2 The guide lists the terms that should be used and those that should not be used.
2.i.3 There is a guide for each language used for internal communication.
2.i.4 The company shares the guide with all employees who produce internal communications.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.j - The company increases the proportion of employees from underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community. [In the workplace]
2.j.1 The company increases the proportion of employees from at least two underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community.
2.j.2 The company calculates the ratios at any time during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.k - The company offers other types of paid leave in addition to those required by law. [In the workplace]
2.k.1 The company offers its employees at least three of the following types of paid leave:
a) Unlimited short-term sick leave
b) Gender affirmation leave
c) Personal leave
d) Religious or cultural leave chosen by individual employees
e) Parental leave (at least 18 weeks)
f) Adoption leave.
2.k.2 All types of leave are fully paid.
2.k.3 All employees are entitled to the various types of additional leave.
2.k.4 The company uses employee feedback to determine the number of days allocated to each type of leave.
2.k.5 The company sets out the different types of leave it offers in a written policy or other official document that is:
a) Shared with all employees
b) Available for consultation at any time.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.l - The company's internal communication tools comply with accessibility standards. [In the workplace]
2.l.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its digital internal communication tools.
2.l.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the tools meet the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and services providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and tracks diversity among the owners of companies that provide goods and services to it at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from under-represented groups.
c) It sets itself the target of making a given percentage of its purchases from local businesses owned by people from
under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements an inclusive communication and ethical content guide for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence to generate creative content, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.q - The company assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The company relies on stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.r - The company revises the design of a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to revise the design of one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action to promote JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company clearly contributes to the achievement of the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company takes into account stakeholder feedback and data (from JEDI1) when deciding on its actions.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company documents its actions and progress in an action plan.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan has been updated and shared with relevant stakeholders within the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company's action plan:
a) Contains deadlines
b) Allocates resources
c) Assigns responsibilities to specific roles.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan and progress made can be viewed at any time by company employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Medium
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.5 The company uses data and stakeholder feedback to select its JEDI actions, records them in an action plan, and implements them.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company selects and implements:
a) Two JEDI actions before Year 0
b) Six JEDI actions for each of Years 3 and 5.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
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N/A
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The company chooses at least one option from each of the following sets in years 0, 3 and 5.
a) Basic foundation (JEDI2.a-e)
b) In the workplace (JEDI2.f-l)
c) Beyond the workplace (JEDI2.m-s).
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to adhering to JEDI principles. [Basic requirement]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the management team or the highest governing body
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the management team or the highest governing body.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.b - The company strengthens JEDI knowledge and capabilities within management teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company organises training or workshops on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop represents at least one full day per participant over a one-year period.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capabilities in at least two of the following groups.
a) The highest level of management
b) The management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI data1
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Internal knowledge or capacity building, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship with JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.d - The company's senior management and leadership team reflect the diversity of its community. [Core requirement]
2.d.1 The company selects three social identities based on stakeholder feedback and the demographics of its community.
2.d.2 The company's senior leadership and management team reflect the diversity of its community through its three chosen social identities.
2.d.3 The company calculates ratios at any point during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.e - The company conducts an equity audit. [Core]
2.e.1 The company engages a third-party organisation with relevant expertise to conduct an equity audit.
2.e.2 The audit results in a report containing a written summary of the audit methodology.
2.e.3 The equity audit includes feedback from the relevant social identity groups.
2.e.4 The scope of the equity audit includes, at a minimum, the following elements of the company:
a) Employees
b) Internal and external communication
c) Products and services.
2.e.5 The company publishes a summary of the audit results.
2.e.6 Individuals participating in the audit may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.f - The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. [In the workplace]
2.f.1 The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. Each group is associated with a different social identity.
2.f.2 The company chooses social identities based on feedback from employees.
2.f.3 Participation in groups is optional for employees.
2.f.4 The company supports the groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.g - The company implements inclusive hiring practices. [In the workplace]
2.g.1 The company implements all of the following inclusive recruitment practices.
a) It includes a JEDI commitment statement in all of its job postings aligned with the JEDI statement 2.a if completed.
b) It has a policy of not requesting credit checks or criminal record checks during recruitment, unless required by law or
if required by a professional association or industry regulatory body.
c) It takes steps to reduce bias or reduce the impact of bias in recruitment.
d) It reviews the language and requirements of its job descriptions to ensure they are inclusive and equitable.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.h - The company offers sponsorship and mentoring opportunities to its employees. [In the workplace]
2.h.1 The company offers sponsorship or mentoring opportunities to all its employees.
2.h.2 The company formalises the sponsorship or mentoring programme by setting it out in a written procedure or policy.
2.h.3 Sponsorships or mentorships:
a) Are free of charge for participants
b) Last for a minimum of six months.
2.h.4 The company allows participants to take part in the initiative during their working hours.
2.h.5 The company monitors the participation rate of two under-represented groups.
2.h.6 The company achieves a representative level of participation for at least two under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.i - The company designs and implements a guide to inclusive language for internal communication. [In the workplace]
2.i.1 The company designs a guide to inclusive language for internal communication.
2.i.2 The guide lists the terms that should be used and those that should not be used.
2.i.3 There is a guide for each language used for internal communication.
2.i.4 The company shares the guide with all employees who produce internal communications.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.j - The company increases the proportion of employees from underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community. [In the workplace]
2.j.1 The company increases the proportion of employees from at least two underrepresented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community.
2.j.2 The company calculates the ratios at any time during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.k - The company offers other types of paid leave in addition to those required by law. [In the workplace]
2.k.1 The company offers its employees at least three of the following types of paid leave:
a) Unlimited short-term sick leave
b) Gender affirmation leave
c) Personal leave
d) Religious or cultural leave chosen by individual employees
e) Parental leave (at least 18 weeks)
f) Adoption leave.
2.k.2 All types of leave are fully paid.
2.k.3 All employees are entitled to the various types of additional leave.
2.k.4 The company uses employee feedback to determine the number of days allocated to each type of leave.
2.k.5 The company sets out the different types of leave it offers in a written policy or other official document that is:
a) Shared with all employees
b) Available for consultation at any time.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.l - The company's internal communication tools comply with accessibility standards. [In the workplace]
2.l.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its digital internal communication tools.
2.l.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the tools meet the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and services providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and tracks diversity among the owners of companies that provide goods and services to it at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from underrepresented groups.
c) It sets a target for a given percentage of purchases to be made from local businesses owned by people from
underrepresented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements an inclusive communication and ethical content guide for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage, and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence to generate creative content, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.q - The company assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The company relies on stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.r - The company revises the design of a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to revise the design of one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action to promote JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral, or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company clearly contributes to the achievement of the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company takes into account stakeholder feedback and data (from JEDI1) when deciding on its actions.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company documents its actions and progress in an action plan.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan has been updated and shared with relevant stakeholders over the past twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company's action plan:
a) includes deadlines
b) allocates resources
c) assigns responsibilities to specific roles.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan, along with progress made, can be viewed at any time by company employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.6 The company uses data and stakeholder feedback to select its JEDI actions, records them in an action plan, and implements them.
Ensure that all companies implement JEDI actions appropriate to their context.
The company selects and implements:
a) Two JEDI actions before Year 0
b) Seven JEDI actions for each of Years 3 and 5.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company chooses and implements at least one option from each of the following sets during years 0, 3, and 5.
a) Core (JEDI2.a-e)
b) In the workplace (JEDI2.f-l)
c) Beyond the workplace (JEDI2.m-s).
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.a - The company publicly commits to adhering to JEDI principles. [Core requirement]
2.a.1 The company issues a JEDI commitment statement that:
a) Is public
b) Is approved by the executive team or the highest level of management
c) Applies to the company's policies and practices across all of its activities, business relationships, and within the
community.
2.a.2 The company assigns responsibility for its JEDI commitment to the executive team or the highest level of management.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.b - The company builds JEDI knowledge and capacity within leadership teams. [Core]
2.b.1 The company conducts training or a workshop on topics related to JEDI principles. The training or workshop is at least one full day per participant over a one-year period.
2.b.2 The company strengthens JEDI knowledge or capacity in at least two of the following groups.
a) The highest level of management
b) The management team
c) Human resources
d) Training and professional development
e) Managers.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.c - The company reviews and updates its existing policies based on JEDI principles. [Core]
2.c.1 The company reviews at least five policies that impact people through:
a) JEDI data1
b) Stakeholder feedback
c) The company's JEDI commitment statement, if applicable (JEDI2.a)
d) Internal knowledge or capacity building, if applicable (JEDI2.b).
2.c.2 The review covers:
a) The terminology used in the policies
b) The impact of these policies on people
c) The relationship to JEDI principles.
2.c.3 Following this review, the company updates the policies as necessary.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.d - The company's senior leadership and management team reflect the diversity of its community. [Foundation]
2.d.1 The company selects three social identities based on stakeholder feedback and the demographics of its community.
2.d.2 The company's highest management body and leadership team reflect the diversity of its community through its three chosen social identities.
2.d.3 The company calculates ratios at any point during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.e - The company conducts an equity audit. [Core]
2.e.1 The company engages a third-party organization with relevant expertise to conduct an equity audit.
2.e.2 The audit results in a report containing a written summary of the audit methodology.
2.e.3 The equity audit includes feedback from the relevant social identity groups.
2.e.4 The scope of the equity audit includes, at a minimum, the following elements of the company:
a) Employees
b) Internal and external communication
c) Products and services.
2.e.5 The company publishes a summary of the audit results.
2.e.6 Individuals participating in the audit may choose to remain anonymous.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.f - The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. [In the workplace]
2.f.1 The company supports at least two Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups. Each group is associated with a different social identity.
2.f.2 The company chooses social identities based on feedback from employees.
2.f.3 Participation in groups is optional for employees.
2.f.4 The company supports the groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.g - The company implements inclusive hiring practices. [In the workplace]
2.g.1 The company implements all of the following inclusive recruitment practices.
a) It includes a JEDI commitment statement in all of its job postings aligned with the JEDI statement 2.a if completed.
b) It has a policy of not requesting credit checks or criminal background checks during recruitment, unless required by law, or
if required by a professional association or industry regulatory body.
c) It takes steps to reduce bias or reduce the impact of bias in recruitment.
d) It reviews the language and requirements of its job descriptions to ensure they are inclusive and equitable.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.h - The company offers sponsorship and mentoring opportunities to its employees. [In the workplace]
2.h.1 The company offers sponsorship or mentoring opportunities to all its employees.
2.h.2 The company formalizes the sponsorship or mentoring program by incorporating it into a written procedure or policy.
2.h.3 Sponsorships or mentorships:
a) Are free of charge for participants
b) Last for a minimum of six months.
2.h.4 The company allows participants to take part in the initiative during their working hours.
2.h.5 The company monitors the participation rate of two underrepresented groups.
2.h.6 The company achieves a representative level of participation for at least two underrepresented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.i - The company designs and implements an inclusive language guide for internal communication. [In the workplace]
2.i.1 The company designs an inclusive language guide for internal communication.
2.i.2 The guide lists the terms that should be used and those that should not be used.
2.i.3 There is a guide for each language used for internal communication.
2.i.4 The company shares the guide with all employees who produce internal communications.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.j - The company increases the proportion of employees from under-represented groups to reflect
the diversity of its community. [In the workplace]
2.j.1 The company increases the proportion of employees from at least two under-represented groups in order to reflect
the diversity of its community.
2.j.2 The company calculates the ratios at any time during the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.k - The company offers other types of paid leave in addition to those required by law. [In the workplace]
2.k.1 The company offers its employees at least three of the following types of paid leave:
a) Unlimited short-term sick leave
b) Gender affirmation leave
c) Personal leave
d) Religious or cultural leave chosen by individual employees
e) Parental leave (at least 18 weeks)
f) Adoption leave.
2.k.2 All types of leave are fully paid.
2.k.3 All employees are entitled to the various types of additional leave.
2.k.4 The company uses employee feedback to determine the number of days allocated to each type of leave.
2.k.5 The company records the different types of leave it offers in a written policy or other official document that is:
a) Shared with all employees
b) Available for consultation at any time.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.l - The company's internal communication tools comply with accessibility standards. [In the workplace]
2.l.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its digital internal communication tools.
2.l.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the tools meet the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.m - The company's website complies with accessibility standards. [Beyond the workplace]
2.m.1 The company assesses the accessibility of its public website.
2.m.2 The assessment:
a) Confirms that the website meets the AA or AAA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
b) Is carried out by an internal or external specialist
c) Includes manual testing
d) Includes feedback from people with disabilities.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.n - The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI. [Beyond the workplace]
2.n.1 The company publicly communicates its action plan and progress on JEDI at least once a year.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.o - The company encourages diversity among its local goods and services providers. [Beyond the workplace]
2.o.1 The company implements all of the following actions.
a) It identifies and tracks diversity among the owners of companies that provide goods and services to it at the local level.
b) It establishes a purchasing policy that gives preference to local businesses owned by people from under-represented groups.
c) It sets itself the target of making a given percentage of its purchases from local businesses owned by people from
under-represented groups.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.p - The company designs and implements a guide to inclusive communication and ethical content for external communication.
[Beyond the workplace]
2.p.1 The company designs a communication and ethical content guide that:
a) Specifies the terms to be used and not used for each language of external communication
b) Describes how to collect, manage and use content ethically
c) Defines expectations for the representation of different social identities
d) Is shared with all employees who produce external communications.
2.p.2 If the company uses artificial intelligence for creative content generation, it includes its use in the guide.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.q - The company assesses the extent to which a product or service is inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.q.1 The company relies on stakeholder feedback to assess the inclusivity of a product or service.
2.q.2 The assessment highlights:
a) Which specific social identity groups are likely to encounter barriers when accessing the product or service
b) What these barriers are.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.r - The company redesigns a product or service to make it more inclusive. [Beyond the workplace]
2.r.1 The company uses stakeholder feedback to redesign one of its products or services to make it more inclusive.
2.r.2 The company rethinks the original product or service, rather than designing a segregated solution.
2.r.3 The company offers the redesigned product or service to its customers or announces it publicly.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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JEDI 2.s - The company participates in at least one collective action to promote JEDI principles. [Beyond the workplace]
2.s.1 The company engages in at least one collective action at the public policy, sectoral or business community level
to promote JEDI principles.
2.s.2 The initiative has a clearly defined purpose and common goal, aimed at:
a) Bringing about systemic change or transformation
b) Collaboratively producing specific and measurable impacts.
2.s.3 The company clearly contributes to the achievement of the initiative.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company takes into account stakeholder feedback and data (from JEDI1) when deciding on its actions.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company documents its actions and progress in an action plan.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan has been updated and shared with relevant stakeholders within the last twelve months.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The company's action plan:
a) Contains deadlines
b) Allocates resources
c) Assigns responsibilities to specific roles.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
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The action plan and progress made can be viewed at any time by the company's employees.
Applicability
Action to be implemented within 12 months of certification.
Company sizes concerned
X Large
XX Large
Business activity sectors concerned
Company with minor impact
Company with a significant impact
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Growers
Food
Investment advisory firm
Eligible for equity mechanisms
Not eligible
CSRD interoperability
N/A
To meet this requirement, BetterBusiness provides you with several practical tools.
Awareness workshop Social footprint calculation Culture Playbook Formalisation